Tongs



(No Model.)

F. RAYMOND.

TONGS.

N0. 530,455; Patented Dec. 4, 1894.

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FRANCOIS RAYMOND, OF WOODHAVEN, NEW YORK.

"TONGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 530,455, dated December4, 1 894.

Application filed September 27,1894. Serial No. 524,275. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANCOIS RAYMOND, a citizen of the United States,residing at Woodhaven, in the county of Queens and State of New York,have invented new and usefulImprovements in Tongs, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My improvement relates to the peculiar and novel arrangement of a springbetween the arms of a pair of tongs said spring being so located that itis perfectly protected against cinders, ashes or other impurities whichwould interfere with its proper action.

In the accompanying drawings--Fignre 1 represents alongitudinal sectionin the plane 2 2 Fig. 3. Fig. 2 isa similar section in the plane a; 00Figs. land 3. Fig. 3 is a transverse section in the plane y y Fig. 1.

In the drawings the letter A designates the handle and B B are two armswhich are connected to the handle A by pivots 10, and to the outer orfree ends of which are secured The handle A is provided with cavities12,12 to receive the inner ends of the arms B B and the edges 13, 13 ofthese cavities form stops which limit the outward motion of the arms BB.

On the upper end of the handle A is formed a tubular socket 14c which isopen at both ends and serves to receive a coiled spring 15 which actsupon the arms B B and has a tendency to throw the same open as far asthe stops 13, 13 will permit. It will be seen from this description,that the tubular socket 14 completely inoloses the coils of the spring15 so that no cinders, ashes or other impurities can drop in betweenthem but in order to guard against the entrance of such impurities atthe open ends of the socket 14:, I have provided plugs 16, 16 which fitthe socket loosely and which are made convex at their outer surfaces soas to. reduce the friction between these surfaces and the arms B B to aminimum.

In mounting my tongs I take the handle A, insert one of the arms B andsecure the same in position by a pivot 10. Then I place the spring 15with its plugs 16, 16 into the socket 14 and finally insert the secondarm B into its cavity in the handle and secure it in position by apivot. By these means the spring 15 .is compressed in the socket 14 sothat it has a tendency to throw the arms B B into the position shown infull lines in Fig. 1, but if the handle A is grasped with one hand, thearms B B can be easily compressed by the thumb and forefinger of thesame hand or by the other hand to the position shown in dotted lines inFig. 1.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of a handle A provided at one end with cavities 12,the armsB having one end arranged in said cavities, the pivots 1Osecuring the arms in the cavities of the handle, the tubular-socket letmounted on one end of the handle at a point between the pivoted arms,and a spring 15 housed in said tubular-socket and acting against thearms to spread the same, substantially as described.

2. The combination with the arms B B ofa handle A provided with cavities12, 12 for the reception of the inner ends of said arms, pivots forsecuring the arms to the handle, an unbroken tubular socket 14 formed onor secured to the handle, a spring 15 inclosed by said socket and plugs16 fitting the socket loosely and placed between the ends of the springand the arms B B substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

FRANCOIS RAYMOND.

Witnesses:

WM. 0. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

